Justin Trudeau slammed for partying at Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert amid violent anti-Israel protests in Montreal

While the streets of Montreal were seeing reddish connected Friday night, arsenic anti-Israel protests turned into chaos connected the streets of Montreal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was engaged shaking it disconnected successful Toronto a Taylor Swift concert successful the city.  

Trudeau has been slammed for his implicit deficiency of beingness connected the contented of the riots was spotted partying astatine 1 of the last Eras gigs portion anarchy gripped Montreal.

Protesters downtown acceptable cars ablaze, smashed store windows, and burned an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arsenic the city's streets descended into violence. 

Riot constabulary deployed teardrop state to disperse the crowd, and videos of the demolition flooded societal media, sparking outrage.

But portion the unrest unfolded, Trudeau was seen without a attraction enjoying the Eras tour.

The crisp opposition for his evident indifference to the turmoil successful Montreal drew the ire of Quebec Senator Leo Housakos who took to societal media to dependable his disdain. 

'Tonight, portion Justin Trudeau is partying it up successful Toronto, I was gathering with respective members of the Jewish assemblage of Montreal. Meanwhile, this is our hometown tonight,' Housakos said portion posting video of the riots.

'The pro-Hamas assemblage emboldened by Mr. Trudeau's pledge to apprehension the Israeli PM. Hope you had amusive astatine the concert, though, Justin,' helium added.

Housakos accused the Prime Minister of prioritizing leisure implicit addressing the convulsive protests that erupted successful the city. 

Trudeau's attendance astatine the performance near galore Canadians questioning his enactment and priorities during a infinitesimal of nationalist upheaval arsenic Montreal struggled to reconstruct order.

'Our F…n state is being torn isolated arsenic Trudeau dances similar Nero fiddling portion Rome was burning,' wrote Joyce Wheller connected X.

'His riding is burning with rioters portion helium dances,' stated a second. 

'Hey trudope clip to get your priorities straight, don't you think?!Cities are burning by rioters, seniors being near out, erstwhile again, from your ballot buying handouts, children going bare due to the fact that of your inflation, I stake not your kids! And present you are acting the fool erstwhile again!' added different furious user. 

'Lawless protestors tally roughshod implicit Montreal successful convulsive protest. The Prime Minister dances. This is the Canada built by the Liberal government. Bring backmost instrumentality and order, harmless streets and communities successful the Canada we erstwhile knew and loved,' tweeted Toronto MP Don Stewart.

Toronto is astir 280 miles westbound of the Canadian superior of Ottawa and 330 miles westbound of the Montreal territory that Trudeau represents. 

The protest, which started arsenic a gathering successful Émilie-Gamelin Park, rapidly turned convulsive arsenic participants hurled metallic objects and tiny explosive devices astatine constabulary officers. 

Smoke bombs filled the aerial arsenic rioters marched done the streets, carrying Palestinian flags and banners, portion vandalizing storefronts and mounting vehicles connected fire. 

Tensions reached a precocious constituent arsenic demonstrators burned an effigy of Netanyahu in the mediate of the street. 

Montreal constabulary responded by deploying chemic irritants and implemented crowd-control tactics to regain order. 

Montreal constabulary reported conscionable 3 arrests for an battle connected officers and obstructing of constabulary work. 

The protests coincided with a NATO acme successful Montreal, wherever delegates from subordinate states and spouse nations had gathered to sermon issues including Ukraine, clime change, and NATO's strategical future. 

It besides came connected the heels of heightened tensions successful the metropolis pursuing a question of pro-Palestinian demonstrations, including a important protestation astatine Concordia University connected Thursday that progressive confrontations betwixt pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators. 

On Saturday, Trudeau condemned the unit and antisemitism seen astatine the protest, organized by the groups Divest for Palestine and the Convergence of Anti-Capitalist Struggles, who did not instantly respond to requests for remark Saturday.

'What we saw connected the streets of Montreal past nighttime was appalling. Acts of antisemitism, intimidation, and unit indispensable beryllium condemned wherever we spot them,' Trudeau said successful a station connected X.

'The RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police] are successful connection with section police. There indispensable beryllium consequences, and rioters held accountable.' 

Speaking to reporters astatine the Halifax International Security Forum connected Saturday, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Defense Minister Bill Blair said the actions of the protesters were unacceptable.

'What we saw was not peaceful protest. What we saw was really violence, hatred and antisemitism, and this has nary spot connected our streets,' Joly said.

'Of course, we judge successful the state of speech, we judge successful the state to demonstrate, but wherever we gully the enactment is erstwhile there´s violence.'

Blair added the objection 'was thing similar lawful, peaceful protests.' Instead, helium called the demonstrations an enactment of 'anarchy' by a 'mob.'

'It was engagement successful unit and hatred connected show successful the City of Montreal,' Blair said. 'Those behaviors are unacceptable and we tin condemn them, and successful peculiar the hatred and antisemitism that was connected display, successful the strongest imaginable terms.'

On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued apprehension warrants for Netanyahu, his erstwhile defence main Yoav Gallant, and for a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged warfare crimes and crimes against humanity successful the Gaza conflict.

All EU countries are members of the court, which means they are expected to enforce its warrants.

Similarly, Trudeau expressed that Canada would comply with the apprehension warrant successful the improbable lawsuit Netanyahu should sojourn the country.

Similarly, Trudeau expressed that Canada would comply with the apprehension warrant successful the improbable lawsuit Netanyahu should sojourn the country. 

'It's truly important that everyone abide by planetary law. This is thing we've been calling connected from the opening of the conflict. We basal up for planetary law, and we volition abide by all the regulations and rulings of the planetary courts. This is conscionable who we are arsenic Canadians,' Trudeau said successful a statement. 

Netanyahu's bureau criticized the apprehension warrants, labeling them arsenic an anti-Semitic move, portion Israel's ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, Iddo Moed, urged the Canadian authorities to cull and condemn the ICC decision, framing it arsenic undermining Israel's close to self-defense.